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Vehicle and control method thereof

  • US 9,679,477 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2014
  • Issued: 06/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle configured to share a captured image with another vehicle, the vehicle comprising:

  • a first camera configured to capture the image;

    a first display;

    a speed sensor configured to sense a speed of the vehicle;

    a distance sensor configured to sense a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the vehicle and a first vehicle immediately ahead of the vehicle;

    a transceiver configured to implement data communication between the vehicle and the first vehicle; and

    a processor configured to control the first camera, the first display, the distance sensor, the speed sensor and the transceiver,wherein the processor is further configured to;

    determine a state of the vehicle based on the speed of the vehicle and the vehicle-to-vehicle distance,display a first image captured by the first camera on the first display when the vehicle is in a first state, wherein the first state is a state in which the speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a first speed and less than a second speed, and the vehicle-to-vehicle distance is equal to or greater than a first distance and less than a second distance,display a second image captured by a second camera on the first display when the vehicle is in a second state, wherein the second state is a state in which the speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than the second speed, and the vehicle-to-vehicle distance is equal to or greater than the second distance, anddisplay the first image on the first display and the second image on the second display when the vehicle-to-vehicle-distance is repeatedly increased and reduced within a predetermined time on the first distance or the second distance,wherein the second camera unit is a camera installed in a second vehicle, the second vehicle being any one of one or more vehicles ahead of the vehicle.

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